This is an analysis of the poem Connaissance that begins with:
Only through the senses have I known you,
But you are nearer than the things of sense—...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XabcXdXbacXdXbbaXba
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 19,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: limerick
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1010101111 1111010101 1010011011 110 1101010001 11010111010 111010111 011010 010101111100 0101110 1010101010 0101010 1101010111 1001110 0101011101 110101001101 101011001110 1011010110 10101100010
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 729
- Average number of words per stanza: 135
- Amount of lines: 19
- Average number of symbols per line: 37 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 7
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; nearer, or, of are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words or, the, and are repeated.
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- summary of Connaissance;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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